June
2006 Events
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In
June, the Ditchley home of Jessie Ball duPont welcomed more than
60 members of the Northern Neck Land Conservancy
(NNLC) and their guests from the Balls Neck
area, Northumberland County.
A picnic lunch was served by volunteers.
Tad Thompson, Advisory Board member of NNLC,
and President of VA Dept. of Historic Resources, and
his wife, Sue, represented the family that owns and
maintains Ditchley, a home of the Ball family
for many generations. Margaret and Luther Welch,
Susan and Jack Moore chaired the event.
Later
in June, a "farm country
gathering" hosted by Anne and Clayton Hurt
was held at their home, Woodford, on
a tributary of the Rappahannock River.
Woodford is on the national and state historic registers.
Ms Pollard spoke, reporting
that NNLC, in its two-year history, has
over 400 members in 5 counties. She said
that there are 30 land trusts in Virginia, all
emphasizing land conservation easements. An
easement is a voluntary legal agreement
that limits development on a parcel of land.
The government considers this limitation to be a
charitable donation. The landowner makes
decisions about the use of the land that last forever.
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At
a third June event, NNLC members were hosted by
Philip Reed at Milden Hall, Sharps, Richmond County.
Volunteers of NNLC were honored at a salad luncheon
held on the lawn in view of the Rappahannock River.
Board
members learned that the land conservation
seminars held in May had 45 participants.
Judy McBride, director, reported
on 37 Century Farms, with the possibility of increasing
that number as farm owners learn more about that
state program. With the involvement of NNLC.
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